Patients who were trying to get into American Imaging Center in Jersey City at 550 Summit Ave. couldn't seem to do so on Tuesday afternoon ... literally. The door was locked.

The president of American Imaging Center, Rehan Zuberi, and his wife, Humara Paracha, of Boonton Township, were arrested on Tuesday after being charged with failure to pay taxes, failure to file an income tax return, deception, bribery and racketeering, according to jail records.

The imaging centers — there are four in Jersey City — were raided and shut down, leaving patients outside one of its Jersey City locations confused when the door to the facility wouldn't open Tuesday afternoon.

One woman who called the center on Monday did not have an appointment, but was told they would be open until 7 p.m. on Tuesday. She said she did not receive any notification that it would be closed.

A sign on the door informed patients to go across the street to another of its locations, at 547 Summit Ave., but there was no answer at that location either.

This is not the first time Zuberi has been in trouble with the law. In 1999, he was sentenced to six years in prison on charges from another Medicaid fraud scheme where he operated a medical clinic and took kickbacks to send blood samples to a lab for "unnecessary and fraudulent tests."

Calls were made to both Jersey City locations and its Union City location, but went unanswered.

The Jersey City Medical Center is extending hours and increasing staff to see patients whose imaging procedures were scheduled at American Imaging Center facilities, officials said.

The JCMC switchboard received more than 30 calls Tuesday from American Imaging Center clients, JCMS spokesman Mark Rabson said.

Patients who previously were scheduled for procedures will need a prescription from their doctor, Rabson said. The toll-free number to schedule an appointment is 877-393-5374.

Zuberi was permanently banned from participating in Medicaid, but was reinstated in 2011 after he sent a letter saying the state no longer allows permanent bans.